I knew that Sylvester Stallone's involvement would outweigh everything else from the film. I think people went into Creed expecting a boxing movie and something that superficially ties Stallone in, but Creed was really well written.
There is no truer cause of unhappiness amongst men than, where naturally expecting charity and benevolence, they receive harm and vexation.
A girl expecting rescue never learns to save herself. Even with the means, she will find her courage wanting.
Anonymously perform acts of kindness, expecting nothing in return-not even a thank you.
I wanted to be a disgusting, oozing zombie, not a sexy, cleavage zombie, which is what I was expecting, given my previous film work.
A mountain in labour shouted so loud that everyone, summoned by the noise, ran up expecting that she would be delivered of a city bigger than Paris; she brought forth a mouse.
But considering that I walked in expecting no complexity at all, let alone the visual wonderments, 'Snow White and the Huntsman' is a considerable experience.
I go to movies expecting to have a whole experience. If I want a movie that doesn't end I'll go to a French movie. A movie has to be complete within itself, it can't just build off the first one or play variations.
Everyone who has been to an Olympics says expect the unexpected. That kind of psychology games does go on, so I'm kind of expecting things to happen but I don't know who from. I think it's kind of silly but I'm prepared for it. I'd probably just laugh it off because it means that they are afraid of racing me, so it's like a huge compliment
It's cool because you don't know how certain songs are going to go over until you play them live. For some reason, "Shivers" gets a huge response. I was not expecting it. When I start singing in the middle of "Baby Get Worse", they go nuts. Just little surprises like that.
When you live completely in each moment, without expecting anything, you have no idea of time.
Some of the best ideas come sort of out of nowhere and when you're not expecting it.
Oh," he said, knocking a red ball into a hole. "It's you. " "You were expecting someone else?" I asked. "Am I interrupting your social calender?" I made a big show of glancing around the empty room. "I don't want to keep you from the mob of fans beating down your door. " "Hey, a guy can hope. I mean, it's not impossible that a car full of scantily clad sorority girls might break down outside and need my help.
Sacrifice to me is something you do without expecting something in return.
Instead of expecting all and being lowered into despair each time I get less, I expect nothing now and, occasionally, I get a little, and am more than a little happy.
Generosity is doing something for someone else expecting nothing in return.
The reward is in doing, but doing without expecting anything. . . doing unselfishly.
Generally speaking, the more money that's involved in anything, the more people are expecting and hoping that it's not going to fail.
The Church must stop expecting outsiders to act like insiders while insiders act like outsiders.
Only fools repeat the same things over and over, expecting to obtain different results.